Nansemond County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries...... Withers, M. Rosa Etheredge, 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MRS. ROSA E. WITHERS Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Etheredge Withers were conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church by the Rev. James H. Newsom Jr., rector. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Austin Darden Jr., John F. Pinner III, Christopher E. Pinner, Nathaniel R. Withers III, Robert W. Withers, Hunter M. Haynes. Jack McN. Baird and Nat Grace. Mary Rosa (ETHEREDGE; Mrs. Nathaniel Riddick) WITHERS, b. 12 Jul 1877, Petersburg, d. 18 Mar 1965, Suffolk, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block L, Lot 1*), Suffolk, 19 Mar 1965, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 43, No. 69, Mon., Mar. 22, 1965, p. 2 *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #136699759. Her in-laws, Austin Chinn & Missouri Taylor (RIDDICK) WITHERS, are buried in Block E, Lot 28. D.Cert. 7996 (Suffolk #13) Her parents, Christopher Melville & Mary Washington (RIDDICK) ETHEREDGE, are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC. Find a Grave Memorial #42859262 mistakes her mother's middle name for her maiden name. Her father (1844 - 1916) was a Confederate veteran, having fought in the Battle of Newmarket as Sergeant in Co. D, VMI Cadets. A clipping of his obit - added by EMS - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #42858253. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w362r1ob.txt